Azure Database Administrator
Recently I found out that I passed the BETA exam for Azure Database Administrator Associate qualification. I wanted to share with you my thoughts on the exam and if...
2020-08-11
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Blog Posts
Capturing Queries Can Be a Pain
The moment you decide you want to monitor your SQL Server instance for query behavior, you’re going to be forced to make a bunch of choices. Further, all these...
2020-08-11 (first published: 2020-08-03)
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Daily Coping 11 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-11
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My T-SQL Tuesday #129 Time Capsule
This month the T-SQL Tuesday invitation comes from Tamara Clark. I strong-armed Tamara last fall, along with her husband, into hosting this year. She came through, with a great...
2020-08-11
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Things That Shouldn’t Be Normal in Database Development (28 minute video/podcast episode)
Many people use entrenched processes for database development that have been in place so long that it’s hard to imagine doing it any other way. In this episode, I...
2020-08-11 (first published: 2020-07-30)
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T-SQL Tuesday #129 – Let’s Build a Time Capsule
It is time for another T-SQL Tuesday! Thank you Tamera Clark (t|b) for hosting this month. This month we are building a Time Capsule. I decided to make mine...
2020-08-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #129 – Let’s Build a Time Capsule
It is time for another T-SQL Tuesday! Thank you Tamera Clark (t|b) for hosting this month. This month we are building a Time Capsule. I decided to make mine...
2020-08-11
16 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #129 – Let’s Build a Time Capsule
It is time for another T-SQL Tuesday! Thank you Tamera Clark (t|b) for hosting this month. This month we are building a Time Capsule. I decided to make mine...
2020-08-11
2 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #129 – Let’s Build a Time Capsule
It is time for another T-SQL Tuesday! Thank you Tamera Clark (t|b) for hosting this month. This month we are building a Time Capsule. I decided to make mine...
2020-08-11
8 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #129 – Let’s Build a Time Capsule
It is time for another T-SQL Tuesday! Thank you Tamera Clark (t|b) for hosting this month. This month we are building a Time Capsule. I decided to make mine...
2020-08-11
5 reads
Blogs
Want to look at cloud reporting but not sure what the costs will be?
By ChrisJenkins
Have you been thinking about migrating your reporting to Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake but...
Prime Day Recommendations
By Steve Jones
It’s Prime Day. A few of my recommendations, since I want to do some...
Fabric for Operational Reporting & SQL Endpoint Trap
With Fabric Mirroring, Microsoft is promoting a nice and appealing story for operational reporting...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Concurrency and Baseline Control: Level 5 of the Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments
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Spending Time in the Office
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Question of the Day
Multiple Values Inserted
I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers